Shirin Kebab House

Shirin Kebab House is a casual neighbourhood diner in a strip mall. The ground beef Turkish pide is a cheeseless recipe, with a thin and light crust. The veal-​and-​lamb doner was a tasty bundle of meat packed into a cylinder of pita. For drinks, we enjoyed the cherry and pomegranate sodas in the van. We didn’t try the baklava, as I’m allergic to walnuts.
Tables and chairs are by the big window facing Eglinton. Families are comfortable bringing their children and toddlers. In the late afternoon, the turnover in clientele was relatively fast. During peak hours, take out would likely be more popular.

I really can’t believe the low rating on this place. It’s one of my favourite places to eat in Toronto, and by far, favourite turkish.
What to get:
Mixed pide, iskender kebab, Adana kebab. Get with Irayn!

This place is amazing only if you order one of the following:
1. Beef/​Lamb doner sandvich. $ 6.50
(Thin sliced rotisserie beef in their homemade pita-​style sandwich bread stuffed with veggies and amazing sauce)
2. The chicken shish tavuk dinner. $ 12
(Grilled pieces of chicken breast shish tawook, served with Turkish rice, salad and fresh made bread)
3. For dessert be sure to order their Kunefe. ($ 6) Hard to explain, but it’s baked to order cheese topped with verimecilli phylo dough baked in a syrup and comes out piping hot. It’s amazing and a must try. Turkish tea is always complimentary on dine in.
Everything else sucks to be honest.
Stick to those and you’ll be happy, full and glad you listened to me.
Deviate and you probably won’t come back.

We went here with my family during summer and it was unbearably hot. There was no air conditioner what so ever and plus the space being very tight we were unable to enjoy our food. The customer service was poor and the server lady was a bit rude. Overall we were not happy and ate our food very fast so we could leave as soon as possible. I will never go there with my family again.

This is a cozy Turkish restaurant which may not be professional but the food is fresh and the environment is very clean.
True, the waiting time is long (the waitress even looks shy) but looking on the positive side; it takes a while to cook the kebab medium at least. I’d rather wait and have my shawarma sliced after my order than it being sliced hours in advance and being kept in a steaming metal container, like some other «fast shawarma».
They also sell imported Turkish juice and Turkish mineral water.
Their kindest gesture is serving tea as a treat after the meal.

Great place to eat. Good service, clean and great food! My new lunch place from now on.

I would never go here again. Poor customer service. The doner had only salad and tomatoes. I ordered lahmacun and the lady said it will take 25 min to make. After 30 min she goes we forgot your ordered this (there were only two other customers there). They didn’t even bother giving an opener for the bottles and I had to get it myself, no napkins, and again I had to get them myself. So basically don’t go if u want Turkish or any kind of customer care.

This place is joke unprofessional and they don’t know anything about customer service or restaurant business i order 2 beef doner to go after waiting for 20 min and then they told me there’s no more beef. I will not recommend this place to anyone

Came here recently with a friend and we both ending up getting the chicken shawarma. Now I eat Shawarma quite often and know which ones are good and which ones are not. This was not a good one. I have never been to this before and decided to try it because it seems to have been around for a while and it looked cleaner than most places. The guy made the shawarma and gave it to me without asking me what I wanted on it… this was the first time this has happened to me and he looked at me as if all Shawarma is the same. They only put lettuce, tomato and onion… no garlic sauce, no hot sauce, no tahini, no pickled turnip no nothing! When I upwrapped the wrapper from the Shawarma it was falling apart, the pita was torn and everything was falling out. They meat wasn’t terrible but it was nothing that amazed me either. They had quite a bit of seating but none of the tables are were cleaned off. They had like 4 people working, 4 dirty tables and only 2 customers. Lazy…
If you are in the area there are many more amazing Shawarma/​middle eastern places to eat other than here. Do you self the favour and get a quality product for cheaper down the road.

I went to Turkey last year because I heard it is the land of pudding. Pudding was indeed easy to find there. Now back in Toronto I’ve noticed all sorts of Turkish restaurants. So far this is the only one I have tried and I like it a lot. You can get lamacun there, which is thin crust wood oven pizza with minced meat on it. They also have the funny boat shaped pizzas called pide. And pudding!

We ordered here last night using
. It quoted a 45 delivery slot.
1.5 hours later, our order wasn’t delivered. They arrived 2 hours after we placed a delivery, no call, no reason, no apology.

We’d been craving shawarma, and this place fit the bill beautifully. Delicious. Only problem is that we got take-​out to eat it at home, and now I want more.

Great place for authentic turkish kebabs! Everything is fresh and delicious.

My personal favorite for donair plates is Donair Kebob house DT.
But for sandwiches? this place tops it off– the fresh break/​donair combo is just the best thing ever– take a bite? and its a PARTY in my mouth!
I have also tried the kebab plates/​iskander etc– they are good but I prefer Persian style kebab.
Their cheese or meat pies/​bread? are well made and fresh as well– but I prefer the Lebanese with pastries/​meat pies.

Not the nicest kebab place.
I went with family and ordered 3 kebabs but, they end up eating only the salads.
We have experienced better kebabs, these ones are at low 10^th percentile :-(

Ever since traveling thru Europe a few years ago, I’ve been looking for a place that serves good doner kebab. We have some great shawarma places in Toronto but I have yet to find a place that truly satisfies my craving.
I noticed this place as I was driving past on Eglinton earlier today. Decided I’d give it a shot… so here I am, waiting for my order of Iskander Kebab. I asked what the difference is between this and a doner kebab (which judging from the signage is their main draw) and the guy behind the counter gave me a puzzled look and said ‘the sauces’. More sauce the better for me, so I said I’d go for it. There are pictures of all the dishes on the wall but I couldn’t really tell much from them other than some dishes have kebabs while others have meat shaved of ‘turning thing’.
The restaurant itself is nothing to write home about… small space but clean. A good sign (I hope) is the fact that it is pretty busy and most of the people seem like locals.
Okay, my meal just arrived so it’s time to chow down. Looks reeeeaaaally saucey.
…that was quick… all done. So the verdict?
Meh, ok. Under all the saucey meat was soggy pieces of bread… now it could be soggy because of my selection but regardless, I wasn’t a fan of that. Huge scoop of yogurt served along side the food only added to the blandness of the meal. A little more kick is what this meal needs IMO. If you’re the kind of person who likes to add ketchup to everything and have a low tolerance for spice, the iskender kebab is great… not so much for me.
Would I come back? Sure I’d give it one more chance for something different.

This is the best kebab house in Toronto. The price is right, the pitas are house made, the plates are big and the meat is fresh. The Doner kebab is a fine mix from beef and lamb and for sure they have chicken Doner too.